kalibane wrote:Two guys can just be busts. Moffitt clearly didn't have his heart in football, thus his retirement. Carpenter was just a flat out bad pick and to be honest look at the players out of Alabama since Saban has been there. They are physically dominant but almost all of them have really underachieved as pros. Julio Jones is the only guy I can think of off the top of my head who has matched his pre-draft hype. Eddy Lacy looks promising and Mark Barron looks like he has a shot. Aside from those three guys, look at this list of 1st and 2nd rounders that Saban has produced:
Andre Smith
Rolando McClain
Kareem Jackson
Javier Arenas
Terrance Cody
James Carpenter
Mark Ingram
Trent Richardson
Dre Kirkpatrick
Donte Hightower
Courtney Upshaw
Dee Milliner
Chance Warmack
D.J. Fluker
Now I just listed the players taken in the first two rounds but it's not like I'm cherry picking. Saban has had 36 players taken in the draft since he's been at Alabama. Collectively they have made 2 pro-bowls. Something ain't right in Tuscaloosa.
Wow. That's surprising. I remember making an argument about USC position players, like Reggie Bush, Matt Leinart, and Mike Williams being over rated because they played on teams that were so dominant. There also might be some underlying entitlement attitudes at work, too, that just because they played for a NC team or even in the SEC that they were preordained to be appearing in multiple Pro Bowls. They may not have been as hungry as players from lessor programs.